'Eclipse' Makes 'Twilight' a Bit Brighter

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By

Joe Morgenstern

Updated July 9, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET

You'd never guess what the best part of "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" proves to be. It isn't blood-sucking monsters doing their thing, though there's some of that to feed the franchise, and it's definitely not vampires and werewolves having at each other in a cosmic showdown. No, this not-bad tale comes to its fullest flower one night, during a wintry storm, inside a tent, when a shivering Bella is attended by her two newly solicitous and darned near all-American beaux. Edward, who plays for the vampire team, isn't the right one to raise her body temperature, so he defers to Jacob, who plays for the...